Trump's Nationwide Immigration Raids Fail to Materialize

[Dulcinea]

President Trump's threatened roundup of undocumented immigrant families this weekend that sent migrants in many communities on edge showed few signs of materializing on Sunday, the second time rumors of a large-scale immigration enforcement operation failed to come to fruition.

Instead, in the cities where rumors of mass raids swirled, many immigrants stayed inside their homes, as jitters turned typically vibrant migrant markets and commercial corridors eerily quiet.

Immigrant advocates across the country, meanwhile, took to the streets to demonstrate in protest of the promised roundup.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement would not confirm any arrests, nor would immigrant rights activists.

https://www.npr.org/2019/07/14/741653581/trumps-nationwide-immigration-raids-fail-to-materialize

[global1]

1. I'm Thinking Because Of All The Preparation Of The Immigrants In The Cities That.....

ICE realized that the raids wouldn't be too successful and decided to cancel them. Instructions went out to the immigrants informing them what to do should ICE come to their door.

In order for ICE to be succcessful they need the element of surprise and that was taken away from them because of all the preparation.

Now I'm thinking that ICE will raid when people least suspect it to get back the element of surprise. The immigrants need to be ready for that as well. Unfortunately - if this is the case - it just increases the stress of the immigrants in the cities. Perhaps that was Trump's intention all along.

[machoneman]

2. At 4 a.m., in the dark, "papers, show me your papers!"